Stocks perform mixed on higher transactions

Stocks performed mixed on Monday with major indices finishing flat despite increasing the daily transactions, which rose at the market that prevented price indices from sharp decline. The trade value at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) increased to Taka 1,525.89 crore from Sunday's Taka 1208.03 crore and the trade volume was up to 52.93 crore from 39.56 crore shares of the last session.

The broader DSEX index of DSE closed the day with 4.63 points down at 6,235.94. But the blue-chip DS30 and the Shariah DSES closed the day with 9.13 points down at 2,217.49 and with 11.19 point down at 1,380.40.

At DSE, out of the day's 331 securities, prices of 101 securities closed higher against 190 losing issues.